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Stephen Eubank

    Deputy Director, Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory
    Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics

Professional Preparation

  • Los Alamos National Lab, Nonlinear Dynamics, Postdoctoral Associate, 1991
  • La Jolla Institute, Fluid Turbulence, Postdoctoral Associate, 1987
  • University of Texas at Austin, Physics, PhD, 1986
  • Swarthmore College, Physics, BA, 1979

Research Interests

  • Modeling and simulation; dynamics, especially epidemiology, on complex networks; estimating and characterizing social networks; scaling properties of network dynamics; interaction based socio-technical systems; and high performance computing.

Selected Publications

  • K. Atkins, C.L. Barrett, R. Beckman, K. Bisset, J. Chen, S. Eubank, A. Feng, X. Feng, S. Harris, B. Lewis, AVS Kumar, M. Marathe, A. Marathe, H. Mortveit, and P. Stretz. An Interaction Based Composable Architecture for Building Scalable Models of Large Social, Biological, Information and Technical Systems. CT Watch, 4, 2008:46-53.
  • M. E Halloran, N. M. Ferguson, S. Eubank, I. M. Longini Jr., D.A.T. Cummings, B. Lewis, S. Xu, C. Fraser, A. Vullikanti, T. C. Germann, D. Wagener, R. Beckman, K. Kadau, C. Barrett, C. A. Macken, D. S. Burke, and P. Cooley. Modeling targeted layered containment of an influenza pandemic in the United States. In PNAS, March 10, 2008.
  • S. Eubank, AVS Kumar, and M. Marathe. Epidemiology and wireless communication tight analogy or loose metaphor. In Bio-Inspired Computing and Communication Springer Verlag. In press December 2007.
  • C. Barrett, B. Lewis, J. Chen, V.S. Anil Kumar, S. Eubank and M. Marathe. Interactions among human behavior, social networks, and societal infrastructures: A case study in computational epidemiology. In Ravi, S. and Shukla, S. (eds.), Fundamental Problems in Computing: Essays in Honor of Professor Daniel J. Rosenkrantz. Springer Verlag, Vol. In press December 2007.
  • SY. Del Valle, JM Hyman, HW Hethcote, and SG Eubank. Mixing patterns between age groups in social networks. Social Networks, 29, 2007:539-554.
  • C. Barrett, S. Eubank, B. Lewis and M. Marathe. Information Systems for Detection and Management of Pandemics. In Shekar, S. and Xiong, H. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Systems. Springer Verlag, Vol. In press September 2007.
  • C.L. Barrett, K. Bisset, S. Eubank, V.S. Anil Kumar, M.V. Marathe and H.S. Mortveit Modeling and simulation of large biological, information and socio-technical systems: An interaction-based approach. Proceedings of the Short Course on Modeling and Simulation of Biological Networks, AMS Lecture Notes, Series: PSAPM, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006:353-392.
  • S. Eubank, VS Anil Kumar, M. Marathe, A. Srinivasan, and N. Wang. Structure of social contact networks and their impact on epidemics. In Discrete Methods in Epidemiology, Abello J, Cormode, G (ed.). DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, 70, 2006:179-185.
  • C.L. Barrett, S.G. Eubank, and J.P. Smith. If smallpox strikes Portland. Scientific American, Vol. 292, pp. 54-61. 2005.
  • S. Eubank. Network based models of infectious disease spread. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, 58, 2005:S9-S13.
  • Z. Toroczkai,and S. Eubank. Agent-based modeling as a decision-making tool. The Bridge, 35, 2005:22-27.
  • S. Eubank, H. Guclu, VS Anil Kumar, MV Marathe, A Srinivasan, Z Toroczkai, and N Wang. Modelling disease outbreaks in realistic urban social networks. Nature, 429(6998), 2004:180-184.
  • G. Chowell, M. Hyman, S. Eubank, and C. Castillo-Chavez. Scaling laws for the movement of people between locations in a large city. Phys. Rev. E, 68, 2003:661021-661027.
  • C.L. Barrett, S. Eubank, M. Madhav, H.S Mortveit, and C.M. Reidys. Science and engineering of large scale socio-technical simulations. Proc. of 2000 ICSEE Western MultiConference on Computer Simulation (ICSEE/WMC'2000), (H. Vakilzadian, C.R. Wie eds.), The Society for Computer Simulation International, San Diego, CA, January 2000.
  • Barrett CL, et al. Transportation analysis simulation system. Los Alamos Unclassified Reports. LA-UR-99-1658, LA-UR-99-2574, LA-UR-99-2579. 1999.
  • J. Theiler, S. Eubank, A. Longtin, B. Galdrikian, and JD Farmer. Testing for nonlinearity in time-series: the method of surrogate data. PhysicaD, 58(1-4) 1992:77-94.
  • S. Eubank S and JD Farmer. Introduction to chaos and randomness. In Lectures in Complex Systems: The Proceedings of the 1989 Complex Systems Summer School, Santa Fe, New Mexico, volume II of Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity, Lectures, Jen E (ed.), 1990:75-190. Redwood City, CA, USA: Addison-Wesley.
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